White Latino Black American Indian Asian (any) Southeast Asian
US-born18%19%16%28%10%10%
Born overseas with US degree17%27%31%n/a21%31%
Born overseas with foreign degree13%15%47%n/a18%45%
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2009-2018 10-year average. The defnition of “low skill occupations” follows the methodology used by 0*NET, an occupation database compiled in consultation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Low skill occupations” were those defned by 0*NET as those in Job Zone 1 or 2. Population with a bachelor’s degree or higher qualifcation who worked in the past year. Assumes immigrants who arrived in the US before age 25 obtained their degree in the US, while those who immigrated aged 25 or older obtained a degree in their home country.